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[was receiving at the date of his death] WOULD BE ENTITLED
IF THE FORMER JUDGE WERE LIVING. In order to be entitled to
the pension provided by this subsection, a surviving spouse
of a judge who dies during active service shall have been
married to him for a period of not less than three years
prior to his death, and, in the case of a death of a retired
judge, not less than three years before his retirement. A
surviving spouse who is entitled to a pension under the
provisions of this subsection shall be paid for the period
of his life unless he remarries, in which event the pension
is to cease and terminate. The provisions of this subsection
shall apply to the surviving spouses who have not remarried
and who are otherwise qualified as provided herein, of
judges who died before June 1, 1957.

(3) A judge who became a judge of the District
Court pursuant to Article IV, § 41-I(g) of the Constitution,
or the surviving spouse of such a judge, may elect to
receive the benefits provided by this subsection, or the
benefits provided by § 62 of this article.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved May 4, 1982.

CHAPTER 115

(Senate Bill 226)

AN ACT concerning

Procurement - Architectural and Engineering

Services - General Professional Services

Selection Board

FOR the purpose of increasing the cost threshold of
contracts over which the General Professional Services
Selection Board would have jurisdiction; and generally
relating to such contracts.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 21 - Procurement

Section 9-207(a), 9-209(a), 9-211(a), and 9-215(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)

Preamble